[Caml-list] Re: new user - old questions

[Gour <gour@atmarama.net>]

On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:59:24 -0500
Siraaj Khandkar <siraaj@khandkar.net> wrote:

> +1 for OCaml.org! It is an excellent organization of available OCaml
> resources that I wish existed when I started checking-out OCaml.

:-)

> That is for "how to do it" aspect of things, but another, IMHO most
> enlightening, aspect is "how to think" in OCaml (or ML in general),
> and for that I highly recommend reading Jane Street's blog, with the
> most important entry point (IMHO, of course) being the Effective ML
> talk: https://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/82

Thanks.

> I just switched to ocamlbuild, and can now fully appreciate what it
> has to offer!  I plan to go to OASIS eventually, but haven't quite
> developed an understanding of what it would gain me (plus I noticed
> some behaviors that rub me the wrong way).  Seems like distributing
> libraries is it, but I'm not quite there yet, so time will tell.

I must say I'm happy seeing OASIS 'cause I really liked most of the
ideas behind Haskell's Cabal when playing with it.

> As for editors, I'm a happy Vim user, with OMlet plugin:
> http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~dbaelde/productions/omlet.html

Have you tried Emacs' support for OCaml or vim is good-enough for you?

> * Get inspired by Effective ML
> * Get a feel for the language from Jason Hickey's book
> * Use OPAM
> * Write Makefiles with manual steps (see the official manual)
> * Hack, hack, hack!
> * Watch, and this time understand, Effective ML again
> * Switch to ocamlbuild
> * Go forth and conquer! :)

Thanks a lot!!


Sincerely,
Gour

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